The News Review:
- Joost to host 18000 music videos following tie-in with indie labels
- Essentials: This weekend’s live music picks
- The FIENDFORCE horror punk bloody music explosion
- Our Last Night: Kinetic Fusion Of Metal Pop Punk
- San Jose rock pioneer John Byrne of the Count Five band dies at 61
Joost to host 18000 music videos following tie-in with indie labels
guardian.co.uk UK
13 GMT On-demand TV site Joost has signed a distribution deal with nine independent music labels and two major aggregators to boost the editorial content section of the service. The deal adds 18000 music videos live performances and interviews to the site including Lightspeed Champion and the Last Shadow Puppets from Domino Records Bad Religion and the Offspring from Epitaph and Plain White Ts and the Morning Light from Fearless Records. Dance music label Defected punk labels Hopeless and Victory world music label ESL hip hop specialists Stones Throw and the eclectic Sarathan Records from Seattle are also offering editorial content via Joost. In addition the site has partnered with music community site Last. fm specialist site 88HIPHOP and video interview site Uncensored Interview. com for editorial content. The new deals will make content from most labels available worldwide though Epitaph Hopeless Fearless and Victory as well as the Last.
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Essentials: This weekend’s live music picks
San Francisco Chronicle USA
Cousin DaleFriday @ the Hotel Utah: Fun punk rock reminiscent of the Ramones with a dash of influence of the Jam. With Slack Jawed Sons of Bitches and Kickstarter.
The FIENDFORCE horror punk bloody music explosion
FANGORIA
Just like punk rock. Horrorpunk will hide its political and social side beneath a horror story but will address these themes as well. POLINA: Do you think a horror movie fan would like horrorpunk bands even if they never heard of it or even punk music before?THORSTEN: Good question. After attending a lot of horror movie conventions I found out that a lot of the fans there do listen to alternative music be it metal goth or punk. Horrorpunk and even Psychobilly are new genres to most of these people though but especially Horrorpunk is getting more and more attention. I think that?s because we take the horror as a lifestyle and as something meaningful. Horrorpunk bands don?t just sing about blood and guts but take the whole cultural aspect and the history into account.
Our Last Night: Kinetic Fusion Of Metal Pop Punk
Hartford Courant United States
The opening “Symptoms of a Failing System” makes for a knock-down drag-out introduction and even at its loudest and most crashing as on the back-to-back thrillers “Recovery” and “Escape” the band maintains a strong rush of melody. That duality may sound pretty tricky on paper but it comes off naturally on the album. Wentworth credits that to the range of music he and his bandmates enjoy. “It’s probably mostly coming from bands we listen to” he says. “We like playing heavier music but we also like listening to lighter and poppier music. It all comes together in one I guess. OUR LAST NIGHT • And The Bride Wore Black perform at 6 p.
San Jose rock pioneer John Byrne of the Count Five band dies at 61
Contra Costa Times CA
One of the kids John “Sean” Byrne had recently emigrated from Ireland and his bandmates thought the accent made him sound cool. Little did they know that 40 years later they’d be credited with creating a punk-psychedelic-garage classic “Psychotic Reaction. ” It was named one of the 500 most influential songs in the history of rock a song that lives on today on YouTube. That Irish kid went on to become a punk-rock pioneer as the lead singer of the ’60s San Jose garage band known as the Count Five. Byrne died Monday in a San Jose hospital after a long battle with cirrhosis his family confirmed Wednesday.